Galeon/XChat fonts are zero-width

2002-06-17 Thread Paul Hampson
For some reason, Galeon on my PowerPC often has zero-width fonts. (I think the first time I run it in a new login session it's OK, but not neccessarily) And XChat does the same thing. As it happens, a friend of mine's i386 laptop is also doing the same thing. Both running Debian Unstable, althoug

Re: Can't get audio to work

2002-06-17 Thread G. L. `Griz' Inabnit
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Monday 17 June 2002 09:19 pm, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > > Kent, I won't defend what I wrote, but by way of explanation: I had one > quality server (Red Hat) that crashed during upgrade a few weeks back. > It has several years of customizations and programming

Re: Net Install Requirements..

2002-06-17 Thread Oleg
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 12:09 am, Daniel Freedman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002, Matthew Tedder wrote: > > I'd like to install Debian on an old 8MB i386 with ~500MB of disk space. > > Is this possible? Why? AFAIK there are organizations giving out i486s and Pentiums for free. If that is true, an

Re: Can't get audio to work

2002-06-17 Thread Glen Lee Edwards
On Monday 17 June 2002 06:54 pm, you wrote: > On Jun 17, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > > Alex, > > > > I would like to thank you for your arrogant, obnoxious reply to my > > letter. > > no problem > > > It's people like you that keep Windows users using Windows. > > The reason I asked for a step by

Re: tar question from newbie

2002-06-17 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 19:23, Abner Gershon wrote: > This is very frustrating. I have 3 Linux books that I > have consulted as well as the man page and I can't > figure out how to use tar to back up my /home > directory from where it resides on /dev/hdd to my > other hard drive /dev/hdb7. Other p

Re: Nautilus lost all my icon captions

2002-06-17 Thread Steven Yap
On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 11:39, Dave Carrigan wrote: > After doing an upgrade from sid yesterday, Nautils no longer shows my > icon captions. It shows the icons, but the caption below is blank. You > can see the problem at > > http://www.rudedog.org/nautilus-bogosity/ > > Thinking it was a nautil

Re: Can't get audio to work

2002-06-17 Thread Glen Lee Edwards
> Glen: Don't get your panties in a wad. It's easy to get offended on > email lists if you have a thin skin. Alex's posting was generally > accurate, if a bit harsh (although it didn't apply in this case > because you asked for a howto, not for direct help) . Ya gotta learn > to spot those smilies

Re: Net Install Requirements..

2002-06-17 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002, Matthew Tedder wrote: > I'd like to install Debian on an old 8MB i386 with ~500MB of disk space. Is > this possible? I did it on a 386sx/20 with 8Mb RAM and 300MB HD with Debian Potato. A fair amount of swapping during the install was involved, but it did work fine after I

Net Install Requirements..

2002-06-17 Thread Matthew Tedder
I'd like to install Debian on an old 8MB i386 with ~500MB of disk space. Is this possible? Matthew -- Anything that can be logically explained, can be programmed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Woody k7 kernel install

2002-06-17 Thread Scott Henson
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 03:41, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 01:45, Matthias Ellinger wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi there, > > > > I've noticed that there is a k7-optimized 2.4.18 Kernel available via > > apt-get. > > I'm running the bf24 ver

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 21:04, Chris Kenrick wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:04:26PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: [snip] > This is true. Consensus on this thread so far seems to suggest that the > external USR modems are of g

Re: Strange boot up problem.

2002-06-17 Thread B. L. Jilek
Hi David! On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, David P James wrote: > Scott Henson wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 18:34, B. L. Jilek wrote: > > > > Try grub, you wont have this type of problem. > > > > I too had a problem like this with lilo (except I installed > a SCSI drive with an IDE drive already on the

Re: XMPS compilation problems

2002-06-17 Thread Rox de Gabba
> They usually correspond to the runtime dependencies. Looking at the > output you gave, libgtk1.2-dev, libgnome-dev, and libsdl1.2-dev would be > a good start. You might also want gettext. Gettext was the problem with compilation, thanx for helping me out, mate, i would have never thought of tha

XF86Config-4 (sid)

2002-06-17 Thread Phil Reardon
I tested /root/XF86Config.new with XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new successully, I think, but startx still tries to start with the wrong config file. Should I rename this to XF86Config-4, and if so where do I put it, and what do I do to get Gnome to start on boot? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: tar question from newbie

2002-06-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Abner Gershon wrote: > This is very frustrating. I have 3 Linux books that I have consulted > as well as the man page and I can't figure out how to use tar to back > up my /home directory from where it resides on /dev/hdd to my other > hard drive /dev/hdb7. > > I accidentaly

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Allan Wind
On 2002-06-17 21:12:23, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Another good choice for ogg ripping is 'jack' (I'm a python bigot, so > I chose that over abcde ;-) abcde blows jack out of history. /Allan -- Allan Wind P.O. Box 2022 Woburn, MA 01888-0022 USA pgp4ZpLHLPY4m.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Can't get audio to work

2002-06-17 Thread Kent West
Glen Lee Edwards wrote: On Sunday 16 June 2002 06:03 pm, you wrote: On Jun 16, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: Is there a step-by-step howto of how to set up audio on Debian. If not, suggestions? please as a word of ettiqutte, in future post 'useful' problem reports. All that then ha

Re: aptitude, dselect, synaptic at the same time

2002-06-17 Thread Petr Vanek
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 09:12:41AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > If one sometimes uses aptitude sometimes uses synaptic sometimes uses > dselect, and in each sometimes quits out after making his selections > and then not following thru and installing the packages, can this lead > to an utter state o

Re: tar question from newbie

2002-06-17 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Abner Gershon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020618 12:23]: > Anyway I change to my home directory, "cd /home". Then > type "tar -cf /mnt/abner" (I previously mounted > /dev/hdb7 to /mnt) The argumen tafter the f needs to be the distination file. eg. tar -cf /mnt/abner.tar abner

Re: tar question from newbie

2002-06-17 Thread Chris Kenrick
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 07:23:00PM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > This is very frustrating. I have 3 Linux books that I > have consulted as well as the man page and I can't > figure out how to use tar to back up my /home > directory from where it resides on /dev/hdd to my > other hard drive /dev/hdb

More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Seth Carbon
Summary: I cannot get my USR modem to work with the 2.4.18 kernel. I have recently started trying to upgrade my Debian Potato sytem to the newer 2.4.18 kernel. Everything is fine except that my USR PnP modem no longer works. When I check, it is listed in /proc/isapnp (although with the incorrec

tar question from newbie

2002-06-17 Thread Abner Gershon
This is very frustrating. I have 3 Linux books that I have consulted as well as the man page and I can't figure out how to use tar to back up my /home directory from where it resides on /dev/hdd to my other hard drive /dev/hdb7. I accidentaly ran fsck today without making the file system read onl

Re: Exim Vs Sendmail

2002-06-17 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Ronald" == Ronald Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ronald> Hello.. I currently have Exim installed but I have a Ronald> script that needs sendmail (so it can mail me the results Ronald> for a web-page form). I have exim installed, and it gives me $ ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Dale" == Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> Does lame even encode in ogg format, I believe it only does Dale> mp3. Try abcde, it's a debian package and encodes ogg by Dale> default. Another good choice for ogg ripping is 'jack' (I'm a python bigot, so I chose that over

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Chris Kenrick
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:04:26PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using > > internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them. > > > An ex

Re: ethernet on Soyo Dragon Plus w/ VIA chipset

2002-06-17 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Matt" == Matt Akers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> I have a Soyo Dragon Plus motherboard with an onboard Matt> ethernet port. I recently tried installing debian and Matt> haven't been able to get the ethernet port to work. I tried Matt> the via-rhine driver (via chipset o

Re: XMPS compilation problems

2002-06-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 03:32:34AM +0200, Rox de Gabba wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Did you install the build-dependencies listed in debian/control in the > > source package? Runtime dependencies are unlikely to be enough. You need > > a variety of -dev packages. > > Do you happen to know wher

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-17 Thread John Hasler
Klaus Imgrund writes: > a. complain to and scream at People frequently complain and scream at this mailing list. > b. sue for damages You might want to read the fine print in that service contract. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: XMPS compilation problems

2002-06-17 Thread Rox de Gabba
> Did you install the build-dependencies listed in debian/control in the > source package? Runtime dependencies are unlikely to be enough. You need > a variety of -dev packages. Do you happen to know where to look for the names of the -dev packages i need? The sources i got were from a tar.gz fil

Re:Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-17 Thread Rox de Gabba
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 02:57, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > Well, > I am an IT - dummy but I did deal with technical service for 15 years. > What that whole Servicecontract stuff basically boils down to is that > the customer wants somebody he can: > a. complain to and scream at and > b. sue for damages

Re: XMPS compilation problems

2002-06-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 03:09:50AM +0200, Rox de Gabba wrote: > Hey all.. i'm trying to compile xmps and it gives me errors eventhough i have > all the dependencies that are listed on the site installed on my system. Did you install the build-dependencies listed in debian/control in the source pa

Re: sid XF86Config

2002-06-17 Thread Seneca
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 07:01:55PM -0600, Phil Reardon wrote: > I am trying to get X up on my new sid install. startx reports: > > dbe: Unknown error loading module > > Config Error: /etc/X11/XF86Config:48 > SubSection "extmod" > Module section keyword expected > > In the file it says: > > S

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-17 Thread Tom Allison
Klaus Imgrund wrote: Well, I am an IT - dummy but I did deal with technical service for 15 years. What that whole Servicecontract stuff basically boils down to is that the customer wants somebody he can: a. complain to and scream at and b. sue for damages Try that with a mailing list I unde

sid XF86Config

2002-06-17 Thread Phil Reardon
I am trying to get X up on my new sid install. startx reports: dbe: Unknown error loading module Config Error: /etc/X11/XF86Config:48 SubSection "extmod" Module section keyword expected In the file it says: SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" #do't initialize the DGA exte

XMPS compilation problems

2002-06-17 Thread Rox de Gabba
Hey all.. i'm trying to compile xmps and it gives me errors eventhough i have all the dependencies that are listed on the site installed on my system. I follow the INSTALL file and go ./configure and then make, and make outputs some cryptic errors. Both outputs, ./configure and make are in the a

Re: upgrading xfree86

2002-06-17 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 08:40:56AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > On 2002.06.17 04:49 ian wrote: > >hi all, > >i'm running debian 2.2r6 > >would it be wise/safe to upgrade to xfree86 4.2? > >i need the support for my v/card (gforce2 mx 100/200) > > Hi Ian, > > So long as you're running XFree86 4.

Re:Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-17 Thread Klaus Imgrund
Well, I am an IT - dummy but I did deal with technical service for 15 years. What that whole Servicecontract stuff basically boils down to is that the customer wants somebody he can: a. complain to and scream at and b. sue for damages Try that with a mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

wdm

2002-06-17 Thread Tom Allison
I've been using the wdm GUI login manager for several months and have been impressed with how well it works until now I upgraded my RAM from 128M to 768M and now, whenever the screen shuts down (using xset) while logged out (wdm displayed) - it hangs when it attempts to Authenticate.

Amazing init problem

2002-06-17 Thread Hernán Cervantes
I having a amazing problem with the init program (/sbin/init). I'm using the Woody (almost upgrade) Debian version, I compiled the Linux kernel version 2.4.18 with APM support, ACPI support and Wireless support (three independient kernels) and one 2.4.14. The kernels is load without problems, and

Re: Exim Vs Sendmail

2002-06-17 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ronald Castillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020617 16:45]: > Hello.. > > I currently have Exim installed but I have a script that needs sendmail > (so it can mail me the results for a web-page form). > > Is there any way I can make the script work without having to install > sendmail? It calls sendma

Re: erratic mouse with xfree86 4.1.0?

2002-06-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 07:03:04PM -0500, Michael A. Miller wrote: | I'm having trouble with erratic mouse behavior on new machine. | Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem? | P.S. Here are the mouse-related parts of me XFree86 log: | (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Is gpm running?

Re: man or info?

2002-06-17 Thread Bob Proulx
BTW, an excellently written summary. Thanks Simon. > Note that the GNU project does not disapprove of man pages; it's just > that many of their maintainers are too busy to maintain both man and > info documentation. Many GNU projects such as the GNU coreutils of fileutils, textutils, sh-utils, e

erratic mouse with xfree86 4.1.0?

2002-06-17 Thread Michael A. Miller
I'm having trouble with erratic mouse behavior on new machine. I recently replaced a pc with a machine that has an NVidia GeForce2 MX graphics card. This machine replaces an older pc with an ATI Rage 128 card. The monitor, mouse and key board are all the same as before and are connected through

Re: Can't get audio to work

2002-06-17 Thread Steve Juranich
> I would like to thank you for your arrogant, obnoxious reply to my > letter. It's people like you that keep Windows users using Windows. I think you might have misinterpreted Alex's comments. I think he was trying to give you a good-natured ribbing more than anything else. Usually when

Re: Exim Vs Sendmail

2002-06-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya just make a link from /usr/lib/sendmail to the exim binary and probably do the same for /usr/sbin/sendmail not sure about -i -t options in exim though... webpage forms should not have any problems using either mta to send its mail otherwise change "exim/sendmail" to be "mail/elm" instea

Re: Can't get audio to work

2002-06-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Jun 17, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > > Alex, > > I would like to thank you for your arrogant, obnoxious reply to my > letter. > no problem > It's people like you that keep Windows users using Windows. > The reason I asked for a step by step howto for setting up sound is > because I don't

Re: Unable to make Linux bootable from HD or make boot floppy

2002-06-17 Thread Mark Fickett
Hello, Success! I am going to respond to several emails at once here, since they all said very similar things. I did repartition the HD as follows: hda1: 379.98MB, Primary Linux ext2 bootable hda2: 48.10MB, Primary Linux swap (end of disk) Upon going through the installation process again, bot

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-17 Thread Jameson C. Burt
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:44:53AM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: > > so contractual, however inresponsive, support from a lame-ass > > linux distro > > means more to you than actually securing the system? > > Nope. Read my last paragraph. A system provider which can not also offer a > _legally b

Exim Vs Sendmail

2002-06-17 Thread Ronald Castillo
Hello.. I currently have Exim installed but I have a script that needs sendmail (so it can mail me the results for a web-page form). Is there any way I can make the script work without having to install sendmail? It calls sendmail like this: "/usr/lib/sendmail -i -t" The script documentation sa

Exim Vs Sendmail

2002-06-17 Thread Ronald Castillo
Hello.. I currently have Exim installed but I have a script that needs sendmail (so it can mail me the results for a web-page form). Is there any way I can make the script work without having to install sendmail? It calls sendmail like this: "/usr/lib/sendmail -i -t" The script documentation sa

Re: Ghostscript problem

2002-06-17 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:05:24 +0100 David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=pswrite -s"OUTPUTFILE=%stdout" \ > -dQUIET -dDEBUG -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH \ > -dNOMEDIAATTRS -s"stdout=%stderr" - > > When I d

Re: man or info?

2002-06-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:49:28PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I much prefer 'man' to 'info' (and I guess at least some Debian developers > do too as there are so many Debian-edited man pages). Anyone know why GNU > uses info now instead? And is there any way to influence the decision, or > a

Re: man or info?

2002-06-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Simon Law wrote: > So you see, there is a place for both types of documentation. Thanks for that very articulate and helpful description of the value of each - and, yes, I do now see :) Patrick -- Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux user #17943 -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Can't get audio to work

2002-06-17 Thread Glen Lee Edwards
On Sunday 16 June 2002 06:03 pm, you wrote: > On Jun 16, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > > I can't get audio to work. I have the following sound card that is > > built into the motherboard: > > > >Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > > SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02)

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Dale Hair
Does lame even encode in ogg format, I believe it only does mp3. Try abcde, it's a debian package and encodes ogg by default. On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 15:39, Florian Struck wrote: > Hi i have just tried grip using cdparanoia ripps ok encodes with lame (from > merillat) or gogo but oggs that result

Mustek MDC 3000

2002-06-17 Thread Enrico Zini
Hello, I've been proposed a discount offer for a Mustek MDC 3000 digital camera, but I haven't found any mention about Linux support for it, neither in Mustek web site nor in some searches in Google. The MDC 800 model seems to be supported, but for the MDC 3000 there is no mention. Is there some

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:58:36PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: | Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using | internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them. | An external is just one more box taking up space somewhere on my | crowded table. True.

debian on iBook,ftp connect how ?

2002-06-17 Thread Alexander Carôt
Hi to all, I successfully installed a debian version on a new partition of my iBook but I need the special BenH - Kernel in order to run it properly. The problems now are that I can't install any C-dev package, can't install xwindows and need other PPC specific features like Airport support anywa

Re: apt-get source

2002-06-17 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 02:16:06PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 01:11:52PM -0400, Erik Mathisen wrote: > | Hello, > | > | I have a question. I normally use > | > | apt-get install > | > | to install any package on my system. Now I have seen how you can use

Re: Linux virgo wants USB rodent-support

2002-06-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:31:37AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! I just finished my first linux install with > Debian 2.2r6 from CD.. It was pretty painful! > I managed to do some mis-configurating and > X win had to be reconfigured by hand 5-6 times > before I got it up and running. Exci

Kernel Making

2002-06-17 Thread Larry Smith
I managed to get a kernel built. I copied it to /boot I made a link to it in / (root) I added reference to the root link in lilo. I install lilo. When booting, I told lilo to load the new kernel. The computer printed a few dots to the screen, and hung. What have I done wrong here? I can sti

Re: eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument

2002-06-17 Thread Andreas Eichner
Am Montag, 17. Juni 2002 06:46 schrieb Dan Jacobson: > Did I do something wrong? > # eject > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > May be it is a bug in eject because it doesn't unmount before ejecting. I get the same error if the filesystem is mounted but the disc is ejected. Af

Re: apt-get source

2002-06-17 Thread nate
> Hello, > > I have a question. I normally use > > apt-get install > > to install any package on my system. Now I have seen how you can use > > apt-get source > > and then compile it own your own machine. Now what I was wondering, is > there an advantage to doing this? If so, what is it,

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 16:58, Ed Cogburn wrote: > ben wrote: > > > On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:02 pm, Steve Brown wrote: [snip] > Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using > internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them. An > external is just one

Re: man or info?

2002-06-17 Thread Simon Law
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 05:49:28PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I much prefer 'man' to 'info' (and I guess at least some Debian developers > do too as there are so many Debian-edited man pages). Anyone know why GNU > uses info now instead? And is there any way to influence the decision, or > a

Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
ben wrote: On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:02 pm, Steve Brown wrote: Save yourself a lot of trouble, just pick up a USR V92 faxmodem or equivalent making sure it's -external-. Besides absolutely ensuring compatability, you can use it for a backup dialup connection on the WAN side of a broadband rout

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Ivo Wever
Patrick Wiseman wrote: Ivo Wever wrote: Why doesn't anyone follow the procedure outlined in http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-post-install.en.html#s-kernel-baking ? Other than use of 'fakeroot' (which I don't use because I'm happy becoming root having started with Slackware years

man or info?

2002-06-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
I much prefer 'man' to 'info' (and I guess at least some Debian developers do too as there are so many Debian-edited man pages). Anyone know why GNU uses info now instead? And is there any way to influence the decision, or am I just way too late? Patrick -- Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Li

Linux virgo wants USB rodent-support

2002-06-17 Thread jani . pohjanraito
Hi! I just finished my first linux install with Debian 2.2r6 from CD.. It was pretty painful! I managed to do some mis-configurating and X win had to be reconfigured by hand 5-6 times before I got it up and running. Exciting! BUT - the mouse is not working! I have one logitech usb mouse (MouseM

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Ivo Wever wrote: > Why doesn't anyone follow the procedure outlined in > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-post-install.en.html#s-kernel-baking > ? Other than use of 'fakeroot' (which I don't use because I'm happy becoming root having started with Slackware years

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Ivo Wever wrote: > Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > Andrew Perrin wrote: > > > > > >>1.) Don't both with linking to linux. Just: > >> > >>cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 > >>make menuconfig > >>make-kpkg > > > > > Why doesn't anyone follow the procedure outlined in Take care w

Re: doubts about compile options

2002-06-17 Thread Andreas Eichner
Am Dienstag, 18. Juni 2002 00:51 schrieb Andreas Eichner: > benchmarks would like to have access to these devices. I never needed it > cause xosview and top don't use them :) Note: PowerTweak Linux does. It makes the penguin fly a bit higher... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Ivo Wever
Patrick Wiseman wrote: Andrew Perrin wrote: 1.) Don't both with linking to linux. Just: cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 make menuconfig make-kpkg Why doesn't anyone follow the procedure outlined in http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-post-install.en.html#s-kernel-baking ? since

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Florian Struck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020617 13:54]: > On Monday 17 June 2002 22:44, Steve Juranich wrote: > > Have you tried just playing the .ogg files with ogg123? Do you have any > > "KNOWN GOOD"-type of .ogg's? I'd test with those first to see if it's a > > problem with your player or with t

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Peter Whysall
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 21:54, Florian Struck wrote: > On Monday 17 June 2002 22:44, Steve Juranich wrote: > > Have you tried just playing the .ogg files with ogg123? Do you have any > > "KNOWN GOOD"-type of .ogg's? I'd test with those first to see if it's a > > problem with your player or with the

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Jan Groenewald
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 02:03:21PM -0700, Steve Juranich wrote: > Did you say you used lame to encode the file? If so, try using oggenc > instead > (comes in the same package as ogg123). I've never had a problem with that > before. > > I've got some vorbis files that I can point you to, but y

Re: Laptop/Notebook

2002-06-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 01:22:47PM -0700, Rusty Minden wrote: | I am going to get a Notebook Computer, but can only spend $1,500.00 on it. I | need a decent machine prefer AMD and would like a good (easy) Debian Woody | install. Any recomendations would be appritiated. (used or remanufactured is

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Steve Juranich
Did you say you used lame to encode the file? If so, try using oggenc instead (comes in the same package as ogg123). I've never had a problem with that before. I've got some vorbis files that I can point you to, but you'll have to wait until I get home from work. ;) -

Two keyboard questions

2002-06-17 Thread Stefan Deibel
Hi, I have two questions concerning keyboards: (1) I do like the CAPS LOCK key, but unfortunately it works only on alphabetic keys. How can I force my keyboard under X and on the console to make caps lock work on other keys as well? (2) Often I copy some text by marking it with the mouse.

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Florian Struck
On Monday 17 June 2002 22:44, Steve Juranich wrote: > Have you tried just playing the .ogg files with ogg123? Do you have any > "KNOWN GOOD"-type of .ogg's? I'd test with those first to see if it's a > problem with your player or with the encoder. Hehe just tryed playing with ogg123 it says: Er

Re: doubts about compile options

2002-06-17 Thread Andreas Eichner
Am Montag, 17. Juni 2002 17:05 schrieb Marcelo Chiapparini: > to know if the following two options should to be compiled in the kernel > (directly or as a module) in the Pentium Pro and Athlon machines: > > CONFIG_X86_MSR > CONFIG_X86_CPUID Hi, MSR are Model Specific Registers introduced by Intel

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Florian Struck
On Monday 17 June 2002 22:44, Steve Juranich wrote: > Have you tried just playing the .ogg files with ogg123? Do you have any > "KNOWN GOOD"-type of .ogg's? I'd test with those first to see if it's a Doing ogg the first time i dont have any here got an url? > problem with your player or with th

Re: OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Steve Juranich
Have you tried just playing the .ogg files with ogg123? Do you have any "KNOWN GOOD"-type of .ogg's? I'd test with those first to see if it's a problem with your player or with the encoder. -- Stephen W. Juranich

OGG wont do

2002-06-17 Thread Florian Struck
Hi i have just tried grip using cdparanoia ripps ok encodes with lame (from merillat) or gogo but oggs that result are not playable (wav`s play ok) what do i need to play them? (got libogg installed also the ogg plugin for xmms) mp3 no problemo ... getting mad ... lalaaal pheeew *help me* phee

Re: Laptop/Notebook

2002-06-17 Thread Seth Carbon
I've had quite a bit of luck getting some great deals at: http://www.dellauction.com If you take your time it can be very rewarding--so far, for various people interested in Gnu/Linux laptops, I've gotten 2 CPTV 466ss and a CHXH 500 for sub $500 prices. Cheers, -Seth On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 13:

Re: Lexmark Printing

2002-06-17 Thread Jameson C. Burt
You might explain more about your printer arrangement. Is your Lexmark ExecJet 4076 Colorprinter connected to your Debian computer through the parallel port? [Or, perhaps your 4076 runs on an external ethernet printserver] With which Debian package do you serve your printing? lpr lprng

Laptop/Notebook

2002-06-17 Thread Rusty Minden
I am going to get a Notebook Computer, but can only spend $1,500.00 on it. I need a decent machine prefer AMD and would like a good (easy) Debian Woody install. Any recomendations would be appritiated. (used or remanufactured is a consideration) Bleading edge is not needed. Rusty -- To UNSUBS

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Scott Henson
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 15:16, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Here's what I do: > > apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18 > cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 make oldconfig > make menuconfig > (select/deselect for your needs) make-kpkg clean > make-kpkg --revision ofc1.x binary > cd /usr/src > dpkg -i

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-17 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:44:53AM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: > > so contractual, however inresponsive, support from a lame-ass > > linux distro > > means more to you than actually securing the system? > > Nope. Read my last paragraph. A system provider which can not also offer a > _legally b

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Francisco Fialho wrote: > >>Try: > >> > >>ls -l /usr/src/kernel*deb > > [snip] > I ran an find / -name kernel-image*.* > and there was no result ( I ran make-kpkg twice) :-) > > any clue?! > The clue is: follow directions! What is the output of: ls /usr/src/kernel*deb

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Francisco Fialho
Tim Grogan wrote: I'm trying to compile the exact same image on my Athlon 1700 system. I've been following this thread with great interest. I've seen some good pointers from a lot of folks. Could someone please just put a dummy list of steps on how to upgrade a kernel. I've downloaded about

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Andrew Perrin
Here's what I do: apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18 cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 make menuconfig (select/deselect for your needs) make-kpkg --revision ofc1.x binary cd /usr/src dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18_ofc1.x_i386.deb reboot -

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Tim Grogan
I'm trying to compile the exact same image on my Athlon 1700 system. I've been following this thread with great interest. I've seen some good pointers from a lot of folks. Could someone please just put a dummy list of steps on how to upgrade a kernel. I've downloaded about 3 howtos but they are

Re: Unable to make Linux bootable from HD or make boot floppy

2002-06-17 Thread Kent West
Mark Fickett wrote: I didn't notice; isn't it the linux ext2 that's 2x RAM? Currently I have it partitioned: hda1: 379.98MB Primary Linux Swap, bootable hda2: 48.10MB Primary Linux ext2, END of disk Also for reference, I have only 899 cylinders, so the >1023 cylinders thing with LILO can't be

Re: apt-get source

2002-06-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 01:11:52PM -0400, Erik Mathisen wrote: | Hello, | | I have a question. I normally use | | apt-get install | | to install any package on my system. Now I have seen how you can use | |apt-get source | | and then compile it own your own machine. Now what I was

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 13:30, Francisco Fialho wrote: > Andrew Perrin wrote: > > >On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Francisco Fialho wrote: > > > >>is there any command I can use to see what kernel I'm using?! > >> > > > >uname -a > > > > the output to the uname - a command gave me 2.2.20... > what is missing?

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Andrew Perrin
Try again - you ran dpkg -k kernel-source... You need to find the .deb that make-kpkg created. It's in /usr/src. Try: ls -l /usr/src/kernel*deb You're looking for kernel-image-2.4.18-.deb Then do dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.4.18-.deb ap ---

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Francisco Fialho
Andrew Perrin wrote: Yes. You need to install the new kernel: dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.4.18... and then reboot. -- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Ch

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Francisco Fialho wrote: > what is missing?! make-kpkg ran OK... > must I do something?! after make-kpkg nothing else > as done, except run the lilo command. You need to install the kernel; from /usr/src/linux 'dpkg -i ../kernel_image.deb' Do 'ls ..' to get the name of the a

RE: Unable to make Linux bootable from HD or make boot floppy

2002-06-17 Thread Ronald Castillo
Hello.. The near.jpg shows that the CD-ROM's ribbon IS attached to the sound card (it can be seen that the Packard Bell card is a sound one in the far.jpg photo). Swap is the one that should be 2x the RAM, while the ext2 filesystem is the main place where you place your files and such. As long a

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